Taveta County Bird Checklist
Taveta county is one of the counties in Kenya, located 200km from Mombasa and about 360km southeast of Nairobi City. The Taveta county has a variety of bird species that travelers can look out for while on holiday or safari in Kenya.
Below is a complete Taveta County Bird checklist for your reference;
| STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae | Common Ostrich Struthio camelus |
| Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes | |
| Vulnerable | |
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus | |
| Garganey Spatula querquedula | |
| Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota | |
| African Black Duck Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata | |
| Cape Teal Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal Anas crecca | |
| Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa | |
| Endangered | |
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris |
| Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum | |
| Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena |
| Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui | |
| Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi | |
| Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii | |
| Common Quail Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | Rock Pigeon Columba livia |
| Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix | |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei | |
| Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus | |
| PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis | |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus | |
| OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori |
| Near-threatened | Heuglin’s Bustard Neotis heuglinii |
| White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana | |
| Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster | |
| Hartlaub’s Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii | |
| MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae | White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster |
| Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Hartlaub’s Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus |
| Black Coucal Centropus grillii | |
| Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus | |
| Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius | |
| Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii | |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus | |
| Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus | |
| Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii | |
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri |
| Bat-like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi | |
| Rare/Accidental | Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Common Swift Apus apus | |
| Nyanza Swift Apus niansae | |
| African Swift Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | |
| GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans |
| Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | African Rail Rallus caerulescens |
| Corn Crake Crex crex | |
| African Crake Crecopsis egregia | |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana | |
| Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata | |
| Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni | |
| African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | |
| Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla | |
| GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | African Finfoot Podica senegalensis |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum |
| Endangered | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis |
| Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
| Near-threatened | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
| Vulnerable | Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva |
| Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius | |
| Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus | |
| Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris | |
| Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus | |
| Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus | |
| Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis |
| African Jacana Actophilornis africanus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
| Near-threatened | Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
| Near-threatened | Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
| Near-threatened | Great Snipe Gallinago media |
| Near-threatened | Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres | |
| Near-threatened | Ruff Calidris pugnax |
| Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | |
| Vulnerable | Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii |
| Little Stint Calidris minuta | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus | |
| Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae | Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus |
| Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii | |
| Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis | |
| Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis | |
| Near-threatened | Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
| Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni | |
| Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor | |
| Near-threatened | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis | |
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | African Darter Anhinga rufa |
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
| African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill Platalea alba | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | Hamerkop Scopus umbretta |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii |
| Little Bittern Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris | |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron Ardeola idae | |
| Endangered | Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis |
| Great Egret Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron Ardea goliath | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae | Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Endangered | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii |
| Vulnerable | Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus |
| African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Near-threatened | Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
| Endangered | African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides |
| European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | |
| White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Critically endangered | Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos |
| Endangered | Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus |
| Critically endangered | White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus |
| Critically endangered | Rüppell’s Griffon Gyps rueppelli |
| Critically endangered | Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Endangered | Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens |
| Southern Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus | |
| Near-threatened | Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus | |
| Rare/Accidental | Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus |
| Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| Near-threatened | Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Endangered | Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | |
| Endangered | Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca |
| Vulnerable | Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax |
| Vulnerable | Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii |
| African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus | |
| Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra Tachyspiza badia | |
| Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes | |
| Rare/Accidental | Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | |
| Rare/Accidental | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris |
| Black Goshawk Astur melanoleucus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus | |
| African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus | |
| Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus | |
| Near-threatened | Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis | |
| Augur Buzzard Buteo augur | |
| Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus | |
| Near-threatened | Common Buzzard Buteo buteo |
| Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops |
| African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti | |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense | |
| African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl Asio capensis | |
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus |
| White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus | |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina |
| Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae | Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Vulnerable | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris | |
| Jackson’s Hornbill Tockus jacksoni | |
| Von der Decken’s Hornbill Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides |
| Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates | |
| Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii | |
| White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata |
| Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | European Roller Coracias garrulus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller Coracias naevius | |
| Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis | |
| Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex | |
| Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus | |
| Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus | |
| PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae |
| Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla |
| Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus | |
| Mountain Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa | |
| Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni | |
| Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | |
| Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides | |
| Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni | |
| Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus | |
| Vulnerable | Amur Falcon Falco amurensis |
| Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae | |
| Sooty Falcon Falco concolor | |
| Vulnerable | Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo |
| African Hobby Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus | |
| Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | |
| Endangered | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
| Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha | |
| Introduced species Vulnerable | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi |
| Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri | |
| Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
| Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae | African Broadbill Smithornis capensis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | African Pitta Pitta angolensis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | Gray Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius |
| Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
| African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata |
| Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta | |
| Chinspot Batis Batis molitor | |
| Pale Batis Batis soror | |
| Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor | |
| Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus |
| Retz’s Helmetshrike Prionops retzii | |
| Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | Brubru Nilaus afer |
| Pringle’s Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii | |
| Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis | |
| Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi | |
| Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps | |
| Tropical Boubou Laniarius major | |
| Zanzibar Boubou Laniarius sublacteus | |
| Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| Four-colored Bushshrike Telophorus viridis | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | African Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus |
| Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor | |
| Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi | |
| Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis | |
| Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis | |
| Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator | |
| Near-threatened | White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | House Crow Corvus splendens |
| Pied Crow Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris |
| Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi | |
| Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus musculus |
| African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus | |
| Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia | |
| Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna | |
| Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Friedmann’s Lark Mirafra pulpa | |
| Data deficient | White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda |
| Singing Bushlark Mirafra javanica | |
| Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Sentinel Lark Corypha athi | |
| Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra | |
| Kidepo Lark Corypha kidepoensis | |
| Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii | |
| Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae | Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis |
| PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura |
| Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii | |
| Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis | |
| Kretschmer’s Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica | |
| Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis | |
| Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered | Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida |
| Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava | |
| Pale Prinia Prinia somalica | |
| Red-fronted Prinia Prinia rufifrons | |
| Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans | |
| Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana | |
| Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus | |
| Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus | |
| Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus | |
| Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis | |
| Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana | |
| Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida |
| African Yellow-Warbler Iduna natalensis | |
| Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida | |
| Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum | |
| Introduced species | Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina |
| Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis | |
| Endangered | Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis |
| Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides | |
| Rare/Accidental | Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris |
| Evergreen-forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi | |
| Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
| Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica | |
| Rare/Accidental | Banded Martin Neophedina cincta |
| Plain Martin Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula | |
| African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis | |
| South African Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera | |
| Rare/Accidental | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies | |
| Little Greenbul Eurillas virens | |
| Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis | |
| Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| Gray-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
| Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
| Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
| Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Erythrocercidae | Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla |
| Garden Warbler Sylvia borin | |
| African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica | |
| Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria | |
| Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi | |
| Greater Whitethroat Curruca communis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | Pale White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis |
| Mbulu White-eye Zosterops mbuluensis | |
| Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus | |
| Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa |
| Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri | |
| Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata | |
| Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii | |
| Northern Pied-Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea |
| Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio | |
| Waller’s Starling Onychognathus walleri | |
| Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor | |
| Sharpe’s Starling Pholia sharpii | |
| Abbott’s Starling Arizelopsar femoralis | |
| Endangered | Kenrick’s Starling Poeoptera kenricki |
| Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca | |
| Hildebrandt’s Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| Shelley’s Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi | |
| Rüppell’s Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius | |
| Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Fischer’s Starling Lamprotornis fischeri | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus |
| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Orange Ground-Thrush Geokichla gurneyi | |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus | |
| Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus | |
| Taita Thrush Turdus helleri | |
| Endemic (country/region) Endangered | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta |
| Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata | |
| Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae | |
| African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea | |
| Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Bearded Scrub-Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer | |
| Rüppell’s Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis | |
| Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata | |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata | |
| White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata | |
| East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi | |
| Near-threatened | White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis |
| Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia | |
| Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis | |
| Whinchat Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus | |
| Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Arnot’s Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Rare/Accidental | Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata | |
| Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
| Rare/Accidental | Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi |
| Near-threatened | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis |
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus | |
| Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris | |
| Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Hunter’s Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri | |
| Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa | |
| Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris | |
| Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus | |
| Near-threatened | Gorgeous Sunbird Cinnyris melanogastrus |
| Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis | |
| Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas | |
| Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali | |
| Gray-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
| Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi | |
| Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis | |
| African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus | |
| Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri | |
| Taveta Golden-Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei | |
| Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni | |
| Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis | |
| Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix | |
| Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris | |
| Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer | |
| Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus | |
| Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-cowled Widowbird Euplectes laticauda | |
| Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris | |
| Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | Gray-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla |
| Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor | |
| African Silverbill Euodice cantans | |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| Gray-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Cut-throat Amadina fasciata | |
| Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava | |
| Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra | |
| Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea | |
| Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri | |
| Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata | |
| Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea | |
| Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens | |
| Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | House Sparrow Passer domesticus |
| Introduced species | Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus | |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus | |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis | |
| Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara |
| Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis | |
| Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris | |
| Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris | |
| Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus | |
| Bush Pipit Anthus caffer | |
| Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus | |
| Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica |
| Western Citril Crithagra frontalis | |
| Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta | |
| Reichenow’s Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi | |
| White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata | |
| Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani | |
| Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata | |
| Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana |
| Rare/Accidental | Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris |
| Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi |
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